Department of Sociology
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology
Students on Summer 2019, Fall 2019, or Spring 2020 requirements SOCBA
The Bachelor of Arts in Sociology acquaints students with basic principles, methods, and findings in sociology—the scientific study of society and human social interaction as organized in systems of social relationships, organizations, and institutions. It seeks to explain the order, disorder, and change that characterize social life as well as their implications for individuals. Major subfields offered by the Department of Sociology include social psychology; deviance; social inequality; medical sociology; and the study of the family, schools, gender roles, ethnic and racial groups, and social classes. Provision is made for students who wish to acquire a general background as well as for those who wish to develop particular interests in a subfield of sociology. The major provides a foundation for careers in many professional fields, such as law, social service administration, and business, as well as for graduate training as professional sociologists in government, business, community agencies, research organizations, or universities.
Requirements
The major requires at least 30 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.
- Introductory course. One (1) course:
- SOC-S 100 Introduction to Sociology
SOC-S 100 Introduction to Sociology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to the concepts and methods of sociology with an emphasis on understanding of contemporary American society.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
- Introductory Elective. One (1) course:
- SOC-S 101 Social Problems and Policies
- SOC-S 105 Sociology Laboratory
- SOC-S 110 Charts, Graphs, and Tables
- SOC-S 122 Envisioning the City
- SOC-S 201 Social Problems
- SOC-S 210 Economic Sociology
- SOC-S 215 Social Change
- SOC-S 217 Social Inequality
- SOC-S 220 Culture and Society
- SOC-S 230 Society and the Individual
SOC-S 101 Social Problems and Policies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduces sociology through in-depth study of a major social problem; examines research on the problem; and explores alternative policies. Problems treated vary by section. Examples include the environment; women, men, and work; medicine in America; the sociology of sport; alcohol and drug use.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 15 credit hours. May be counted only once in the major toward departmental requirements.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 105 Sociology Laboratory
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- By combining traditional classroom learning with engagement in community organizations and/or sociological research, this course offers the unique opportunity to acquire both academic and experiential knowledge of the social world.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 110 Charts, Graphs, and Tables
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Develops students' skills as consumers and producers of charts, graphs, and tables. Students learn to use data to depict social trends; assess political programs; and test social science theories. Students learn how to find, read, interpret, and evaluate graphical information, and how to present results in engaging formats.
- Fall 2024CASE NMcourseSummer 2024CASE NMcourse
SOC-S 122 Envisioning the City
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Students conduct field research in a city in order to understand the relationship between the built environment and social problems such as obesity and residential segregation. Addresses approaches to resolving these problems through community action.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 201 Social Problems
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Social problems analyzed from the perspective of major sociological theories. Specific problems include poverty and inequality; crime, violence, and law enforcement; institutional problems (education, economy, family, health); globalization in the twenty-first century.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 210 Economic Sociology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to the sociological study of economic action. Provides an overview of the sociological perspective of the economy on all levels--from the actions of individuals in economic situations, to organizational behavior, to the dynamics of markets and global capitalism.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 215 Social Change
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to theoretical and empirical studies of social change. Explores issues such as modernization; rationalization; demographic, economic, and religious causes of change; and reform and revolution.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 217 Social Inequality
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Why are income, wealth, and status distributed unequally? Is social inequality good for society? Explores the economic basis of social class, education, and culture; social mobility; social inequality in comparative and historical perspective.
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 220 Culture and Society
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores changing beliefs about the role of ideas, values, and symbols in society. Considers recent public debates over the content and practices of science, morality, art, and popular culture.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 230 Society and the Individual
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Personality and its development; relationship to culture and communication and to social settings; deviant types.
- Repeatability
- Credit not given for both SOC-H 230 and SOC-S 230.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
- Social Theory. One (1) course:
- SOC-S 340 Social Theory
SOC-S 340 Social Theory
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Sociological theory, with focus on content, form, and historical development. Relationships between theories, data, and sociological explanation.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
- Research Methods in Sociology. One (1) course:
- SOC-S 370 Research Methods in Sociology
SOC-S 370 Research Methods in Sociology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The logic of scientific work in sociology; theory construction; major research designs, including experiments, sample surveys, and ethnographic field studies. Methods of sampling; measurement of variables; and descriptive statistics. Commonly used rates and indices in social research; using software to produce graphical displays and descriptive statistics.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
- Statistics in Sociology. One (1) course:
- SOC-S 371 Statistics in Sociology
SOC-S 371 Statistics in Sociology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduces the logic of statistical inference. Students will learn how to use sample data to reach conclusions about a population of interest by calculating confidence intervals and significance tests. Estimating the effects of multiple independent variables using cross-tabulations and/or regression.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 306, CJUS-K 300, ECON-E 370, ECON-S 370, MATH-K 300, MATH-K 310, POLS-Y 395, PSY-K 300, PSY-K 310, SOC-S 371, SPEA-K 300, SPH-Q 381, STAT-K 310, STAT-S 300, STAT-S 301, or STAT-S 303.
- Fall 2024CASE NMcourseSummer 2024CASE NMcourse
- Capstone. One (1) course:
- SOC-S 410 Topics in Social Organization
- SOC-S 431 Topics in Social Psychology
- SOC-S 498 Honors Thesis Seminar I
- SOC-S 499 Honors Thesis Seminar II
SOC-S 410 Topics in Social Organization
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- At least junior standing
- Description
- Specific topics announced each semester, e.g., social stratification, formal organizations, urban social organization, education, religion, politics, demography, social power, social conflict, social change, comparative social systems.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated three times for credit with a different topic.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 431 Topics in Social Psychology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- At least junior standing
- Description
- Specific topics announced each semester; e.g., socialization, personality development, small-group structures and processes, interpersonal relations, language and human behavior, attitude formation and change, collective behavior, public opinion.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated three times for credit with a different topic.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 498 Honors Thesis Seminar I
- Credits
- 1–12 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of honors thesis seminar instructor
- Description
- Research and preparation of senior honors thesis.
SOC-S 499 Honors Thesis Seminar II
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SOC-S 370 and SOC-S 498; and consent of director of undergraduate studies
- Description
- None
- Advanced Electives. Nine (9) additional credit hours from the Advanced Electives list.
- SOC-S 302 Organizations in Society
- SOC-S 305 Population
- SOC-S 308 Global Society
- SOC-S 309 The Community
- SOC-S 311 Politics and Society
- SOC-S 312 Education and Society
- SOC-S 313 Religion and Society
- SOC-S 315 Work in the New Economy
- SOC-S 316 Sociology of Families
- SOC-S 317 Social Stratification
- SOC-S 319 Science, Technology, and Society
- SOC-S 320 Deviance, Conformity, and Social Control
- SOC-S 321 Sexual Diversity
- SOC-S 324 Sociology of Mental Illness
- SOC-S 325 Criminology
- SOC-S 326 Law and Society
- SOC-S 329 Women and Deviance
- SOC-S 335 Race and Ethnic Relations
- SOC-S 338 Sociology of Gender
- SOC-S 339 The Sociology of Media
- SOC-S 342 Asian American Communities and Identities
- SOC-S 344 Sociology of Childhood
- SOC-S 346 Topics in Cross-Cultural Sociology
- SOC-S 358 Social Inequalities in Health and Health Care
- SOC-S 360 Topics in Social Policy
- SOC-S 365 Health and Society: Sociology for Health Professionals
- SOC-S 377 Digital Society
- SOC-S 410 Topics in Social Organization
- SOC-S 413 Gender and Society
- SOC-S 419 Social Movements and Collective Action
- SOC-S 422 Constructing Sexuality
- SOC-S 431 Topics in Social Psychology
- SOC-S 450 Topics in Methods and Measurement
- SOC-S 493 Professional Strategies for Sociology Majors
- SOC-S 498 Honors Thesis Seminar I
- SOC-S 499 Honors Thesis Seminar II
- SOC-X 371 Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship
- SOC-X 373 Internship in Professional Practice
- SOC-X 477 Field Experience in Sociology
- SOC-X 490 Individual Readings in Sociology
- SOC-X 498 Sociological Research I
- SOC-X 499 Sociological Research II
SOC-S 302 Organizations in Society
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Analysis of the internal structure of firms and other complex organizations, and their power in society. Considers how organizations are shaped by the state, suppliers, competitors, and clients; investigates how organizational structure shapes attitudes of managers and workers. Other topics include technology and organizational culture, organizational birth, death, and adaptation processes.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 305 Population
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Population composition, fertility, mortality, natural increase, migration; historical growth and change of populations; population theories and policies; techniques in manipulation and use of population data; and the spatial organization of populations.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 308 Global Society
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Multinational corporations, new information technologies, and international trade have made the world increasingly interdependent. This course considers how business, technology, disease, war, and other phenomena must be seen in a global context as affecting national sovereignty, economic development, and inequality in resources and power between countries.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourseSummer 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 309 The Community
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Sociological definitions of community; theories of community and community organization; social, political, and economic factors that contribute to community organization and disorganization; alternative models of community development and planning.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 311 Politics and Society
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Interrelations of politics and society, with emphasis on formation of political power, its structure, and its change in different types of social systems and cultural-historical settings.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 312 Education and Society
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The role of educational institutions in modern industrialized societies, with emphasis on the functions of such institutions for the selection, socialization, and certification of individuals for adult social roles. Also covers recent educational reform movements and the implications of current social policies on education.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 313 Religion and Society
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Considers the functions and dysfunctions of religion generally, its economic and cultural patterns, religious group evolutions (cults, churches, sects, denominations), leadership deviance, and conversion/faith maintenance.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 315 Work in the New Economy
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Sociological perspective on work roles within such organizations as factory, office, school, government, and welfare agencies; career and occupational mobility in work life; formal and informal organizations within work organizations; labor and management conflict and cooperation; problems of modern industrial workers; and how work has changed over time.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 316 Sociology of Families
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Exploration of the diversity of family forms, norms and meanings over time and across social contexts. Considers the interrelationship between families and other social institutions; investigates family formation and processes of social reproduction within families as they are shaped by race, class, gender and sexual orientation; examines stability and change in families in response to shifting social and cultural contexts.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 317 Social Stratification
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Nature, functioning, and maintenance of systems of social stratification in local communities and societies. Correlates and consequences of social class position and vertical mobility.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 319 Science, Technology, and Society
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Issues such as development and structure of the scientific community; normative structure of science; cooperation, competition, and communication among scientists; scientists\' productivity, careers, and rewards; development of scientific specialties; and relationship between science and society.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 320 Deviance, Conformity, and Social Control
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Analysis of deviance in relation to formal and informal social processes. Emphasis on deviance and respectability as functions of social reactions, characteristics of rules, and power and conflict.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 321 Sexual Diversity
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Sociological examination of diversity in several dimensions of human sexuality: sexual definitions, incidence of various behaviors, intensity of sexual response, sexual object choice, and other modes of sexual expression.
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourseSummer 2024CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 324 Sociology of Mental Illness
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Social factors in mental illness: incidence and prevalence by social and cultural categories; variations in societal reaction; social organization of treatment institutions.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 325 Criminology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A study of the patterns of crime, strategies for control, and theories of crime causation.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 326 Law and Society
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Social origins of social bases of legal decision-making, and social consequences of the application of law.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 329 Women and Deviance
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Using theoretical models of women and deviance, this course examines gender norms and roles in crime, detective fiction, mental illness, alcoholism, drug addiction, lesbianism, rape, and abortion.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 335 Race and Ethnic Relations
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Relations between racial and ethnic minority and majority groups; psychological, cultural, and structural theories of prejudice and discrimination; comparative analysis of diverse systems of intergroup relations.
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourseSummer 2024CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 338 Sociology of Gender
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Sociological perspectives on gender in contemporary societies. Examination of norms regarding gender and how these norms influence and are influenced by individual behavior, group interaction, and social institutions. Topics to be discussed may include family, education, work, media, and other social institutions.
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 339 The Sociology of Media
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The mass media (print, radio, and television) have come to play an increasingly important role in society. This course explores the effects of the mass media on public opinion, crime and violence, social integration, and values. Mass media messages and audiences will also be considered.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 342 Asian American Communities and Identities
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- This course takes a sociological approach to examining the communities, cultures, and identities of Asians in the United States. It situates Asian American experiences within broader social and historical contexts in order to address questions about who is viewed as American and how Asian Americans establish and maintain their ethnic identities.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 344 Sociology of Childhood
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Analysis of childhood as a structural form and children as social agents who contribute to societal reproduction and change. Considers the relation of childhood to other social institutions and children\'s contributions to society historically and cross-culturally. Examines how social policies in education, family, and work affect children\'s lives.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 346 Topics in Cross-Cultural Sociology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of selected sociological issues with an emphasis on cross-cultural analysis. Specific topics announced each semester; examples include work, family, childhood, religion, and education.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 358 Social Inequalities in Health and Health Care
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the sociological aspects of health, illness, patienthood, medical professionals, and health care systems. What factors create inequalities in health and in medical treatment? Expands understanding of health and illness and of conventional medical and insurance practices, and explores ways to improve health care in America.
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 360 Topics in Social Policy
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Specific topics announced each semester; examples include environmental affairs, urban problems, poverty, and population problems.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated four times for credit with a different topic.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 365 Health and Society: Sociology for Health Professionals
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Designed for all students, this course is particularly relevant for those planning a career in health care. Explores current events and social problems, such as the re-emergence of childhood infectious diseases. Uses these examples to discuss sociological topics on the new Medical College Admission Test (MCAT).
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 377 Digital Society
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A social scientific exploration of digital society. Covers the rise of the Internet, how it changes social relationships, and how it influences our politics. Especially appropriate for social science or physical and information science students who wish to understand how social science ideas apply to the digital world.
SOC-S 410 Topics in Social Organization
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- At least junior standing
- Description
- Specific topics announced each semester, e.g., social stratification, formal organizations, urban social organization, education, religion, politics, demography, social power, social conflict, social change, comparative social systems.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated three times for credit with a different topic.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 413 Gender and Society
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Major theories of gender inequality; historical and cross-cultural variations in systems of gender inequality; social economic, political, and cultural processes perpetuating gender inequality in U.S. society; interrelationships between racial, class, and sex inequality; strategies for social change.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 419 Social Movements and Collective Action
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Change-oriented social and political collective action and consequences for groups and societies. Resource mobilization, historical and comparative analysis of contemporary movements and collective action.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 422 Constructing Sexuality
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A sociological examination of a variety of forms of human sexuality from the perspectives of social constructionism and politics of sexuality.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 431 Topics in Social Psychology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- At least junior standing
- Description
- Specific topics announced each semester; e.g., socialization, personality development, small-group structures and processes, interpersonal relations, language and human behavior, attitude formation and change, collective behavior, public opinion.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated three times for credit with a different topic.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 450 Topics in Methods and Measurement
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Topics may include logic of inquiry, model construction and formalization, research design, data collection, sampling, measurement, statistical analysis.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 493 Professional Strategies for Sociology Majors
- Credits
- 1
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Documenting what has been learned, assembling a portfolio, writing a resume and letters of application; getting ready for graduate school or the labor market, using the World Wide Web.
SOC-S 498 Honors Thesis Seminar I
- Credits
- 1–12 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of honors thesis seminar instructor
- Description
- Research and preparation of senior honors thesis.
SOC-S 499 Honors Thesis Seminar II
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SOC-S 370 and SOC-S 498; and consent of director of undergraduate studies
- Description
- None
SOC-X 371 Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Two sociology courses, including one at 200-level or above
- Description
- Faculty-directed experience in academic teaching of an undergraduate course. Students assist with course administration and participate in activities suhc as holding office hours, leading discussion groups, holding review sections. Specific responsibilities vary by instructor.
- Repeatability
- Repeatable for up to 6 credit hours.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
SOC-X 373 Internship in Professional Practice
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Two sociology courses, including one at 200-level or above; and consent of the director of undergraduate studies
- Notes
- Three credit hours to count in the major or minor
- Description
- Provides opportunities for students to receive credit for selected, career-related work in a cooperating institution, agency, or business. Research paper that relates work experience to materials learned in sociology courses is required. Evaluation by employer and the director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Sociology.
- Repeatability
- Limited to a total of 9 credit hours among the following courses: SOC-S 494, SOC-S 495, SOC-X 373, SOC-X 477, SOC-X 490, and SOC-Y 398.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
SOC-X 477 Field Experience in Sociology
- Credits
- 1–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of instructor and prior arrangement
- Description
- Faculty-directed study of aspects of sociology based on field experience, in conjunction with directed readings and writing. Specifically, each intern is required to (1) keep a daily or weekly journal, which is given at regular intervals to the faculty sponsor; (2) give an oral report once the fieldwork is completed; and (3) depending on academic credit, write a journal or an analytic paper or both.
- Repeatability
- Limited to a total of 9 credit hours among the following courses: SOC-S 494, SOC-S 495, SOC-X 373, SOC-X 477, SOC-X 490, and SOC-Y 398.
SOC-X 490 Individual Readings in Sociology
- Credits
- 1–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of instructor and prior arrangement, usually in conjunction with honors work
- Description
- None
- Repeatability
- Limited to a total of 9 credit hours among the following courses: SOC-S 494, SOC-S 495, SOC-X 373, SOC-X 477, SOC-X 490, and SOC-Y 398.
SOC-X 498 Sociological Research I
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SOC-S 370 and SOC-S 371; or consent of instructor.
- Description
- Participation in all aspects of a sociological research project, including conceptualization and design, data collection, analysis, and report writing.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of SOC-S 491 or SOC-X 498.
SOC-X 499 Sociological Research II
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SOC-S 491 or SOC-X 498; or consent of instructor
- Description
- None
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of SOC-S 492 or SOC-X 499.
- Additional Elective(s). Additional courses, as needed, to fulfill remaining requirements.
- Major GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
- At least 18 credit hours in the major must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
- At least 18 credit hours in the major must be completed at the 300–499 level.
- Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the major.
- A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the major—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
- Exceptions to major requirements may be made with the approval of the department's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.
The Bachelor of Arts degree requires at least 120 credit hours, to include the following:
- College of Arts and Sciences Credit Hours. At least 100 credit hours must come from College of Arts and Sciences disciplines.
- Upper Division Courses. At least 42 credit hours (of the 120) must be at the 300–499 level.
- College Residency. Following completion of the 60th credit hour toward degree, at least 36 credit hours of College of Arts and Sciences coursework must be completed through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
- College GPA. A cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.000 is required for all courses taken at Indiana University.
- CASE Requirements. The following College of Arts and Sciences Education (CASE) requirements must be completed:
- CASE Foundations
- CASE Breadth of Inquiry
- CASE Culture Studies
- CASE Critical Approaches: 1 course
- CASE Foreign Language: Proficiency in a single foreign language through the second semester of the second year of college-level coursework
- CASE Intensive Writing: 1 course
- CASE Public Oral Communication: 1 course
- Major. Completion of the major as outlined in the Major Requirements section above.
Most students must also successfully complete the Indiana University Bloomington General Education program.